Postulancy
Following formal entrance into the community, this stage introduces the member to prayer, work, and Benedictine spirituality.
Novitiate
A year of intense prayer, study and preparation for monastic profession.
First Monastic Profession
A minimum of three years which may be extended, during which the woman lives as a professed member of the community, while continuing to study and deepen her understanding of monastic life.
Perpetual Monastic Profession
The professed member makes a lifelong commitment with full membership in the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia as she seeks God according to the Gospels and the Rule of Benedict.
